Dominic Corleone

Dominic Corleone (1934-) was the Don of the Trapani crime family of New York City from 1 January 1959, succeeding Aldo Trapani.

Early career
Dominic Corleone was born in New York City, New York in 1934, and he was a member of the Corleone bloodline. He was made under Vito Corleone, and he became underboss to Aldo Trapani after Trapani became the head of his own Mafia family. In 1958, Corleone accompanied Trapani to Havana, Cuba, where Trapani was to help Michael Corleone with a casino deal with Hyman Roth. On 31 December 1958, Roth divided up his casinos in Havana between the Corleone, Granados, Mangano, and Almeida crime families, but the New Year's celebrations were interrupted by the resignation of President Fulgencio Batista amidst the Cuban Revolution. As revolutionary forces took over Havana, the mobsters fled to a private airfield, where Trapani was shot by a sniper. On the plane ride back to New York, Dominic was given control of Trapani's family. He was given Luca Brasi's old apartment as a safehouse.